Background:
Anand Agricultural University has been awarded an ICAR- World bank funded project to establish Centre for Agricultural Market Intelligence. The major objectives of this project include price forecasting and behavior, export competitiveness, evaluation of e-NAM, market institutions and capacity building of faculty, students, farmers and other stakeholders. Experts from country’s premium institutes including IIM- Ahmedabad, Institute of Rural Management (IRMA), Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Junagadh Agricultural University, National Cooperative Dairy Federation of India (NCDFI) apart from three foreign universities namely Australia’s Western Sydney University, The Papua New Guinea University of Technology, and The US Texas Tech University are associated with the project.
About NAHEP- CAAST :
Centre for Advanced Agricultural Science and Technology (CAAST) is a student centric subcomponent of the World Bank sponsored National Agricultural Higher Education Project (NAHEP) granted to AAU, Anand to provide a platform for strengthening educational and research activities of post graduate and doctoral students.
About the Training:
The green revolution has improved the agricultural production in the country to a massive extent. But higher production and growth, and the lack of proper handling methods and infrastructure, have led to huge losses and waste of these important food commodities. A strong and dynamic food processing sector plays a vital role in reduction in the wastage of perishable agricultural produce, enhancing shelf life of food products, ensuring value addition to agricultural produce, commercialization, and creating surplus for the export of agro & processed foods. Entrepreneurship development in the field of agriculture and allied sectors is a key factor in preventing post-harvest losses, ensuring efficient processing & supply chain.
Entrepreneurship is a broad term which includes Idea Generation, Costing, Supply Chain Management, Feasibility study, Marketing and Regulatory requirements of products and project. A feasibility study is one of the key mechanisms that enable individual to align strategy and operations in achieving and sustaining superior performance. A responsible regulatory system is the first foundation pillar of ensuring food safety and nutrition for the nation. This includes not only setting globally benchmarked standards for food but also food production processes so that food safety is ensured across the food supply chain. In addition, ensuring compliance by food businesses through consistency in enforcement of these standards is also required. Since the next wave of economic growth globally will be led by innovation and entrepreneurship, this would a key economic driver for our nation. Thus, it is the need of the hour to develop youth with adequate skills, knowledge and information in the area of agripreneurship for developing a vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem nationwide. The program is designed to train the youth on agripreneurship so that, they can steer the growth of food & dairy processing industry. The program also aims to update the recent developments in supply chain management, storage and value-addition of milk, fruits and vegetables and their trade. The experts from academia and industry will discuss the latest trends with focus on entrepreneurship aspect and management of these perishable commodities.
Purpose and Objective:
This training aims to provide in-depth coverage of various aspects of entrepreneurship development, branding, and marketing to participants. It also intends to provide inputs about the necessity of post-harvest management in processing sector and will also give insights on the Government initiatives to promote Agripreneurship and agricultural export, which will encourage the participants to establish their own enterprise.
Topics to Be Covered
• Entrepreneurship development
• Prevention of post-harvest losses
• Government initiatives
Eligibility:
Interested candidates preferably; Masters - Doctoral students and faculties of concerned disciplines are requested to apply through online registration process.
Registration:
No fee is to be paid for registration.
• Marketing & branding
• Startup Opportunities
• Enhancing exports
: Registration Link :
https://forms.gle/YtsMgMwk4qQonZrs9
:: Schedule ::
Sr. No. Date &
Session Time Topic Resource Person
Day- 1 : Value addition through processing 1. Session – 1
18/01/2021 10.00 – 12.00
Inaugural session
Chief Guest and Keynote Speaker:
Mr. R. S. Sodhi
Managing Director, GCMMF Ltd. (AMUL), Anand
2. Session – 2
18/01/2021 14.00 -15.30 Opportunities of value addition in food processing sector
Mr. Alok De Chief Executive Officer Foundation for Development of Rural
Value Chain, New Delhi 3. Session – 3
18/01/2021 15.30-17.00 Opportunities of value addition in dairy processing sector
Dr. J. V. Parekh Senior Dairy Consultant, Parekh Technical Consultancy
Services Andheri (E), Mumbai Day – 2 : Success mantra for dairy entrepreneurs
4. Session – 4
19/01/2021 10.00 – 11.30 Entrepreneurial opportunities in traditional Indian dairy products
Dr. J. P. Prajapati Professor Emeritus SMC College, AAU, Anand
5. Session – 5
19/01/2021 14.00 -15.30 Entrepreneurship opportunities in functional
& health foods
Dr. Sunil Patel Professor, SMC College
AAU, Anand
6. Session – 6
19/01/2021 15.30-17.00 Managing small dairy enterprises Mr. Bhavesh Chelani MD & CEO
Santushti Shakes Pvt. Ltd., Vadodara Day – 3 : Success mantra for food entrepreneurs
7. Session – 7
20/01/2021 10.00 – 11.30 Post-harvest management of fruits &
vegetables
Dr. Neeraj
Associate Professor, NIFTEM Sonipat
8. Session – 8
20/01/2021 14.00 -15.30 Supply chain challenges for agri- entrepreneurs in fruits & vegetables sector
Mr. Mihir Mohanta General Manager, F&V Supply Chain Mother Dairy, New Delhi
9. Session – 9
20/01/2021 15.30-17.00 Value addition in fruits : a pathway to success for small entrepreneurs
Mr. Suraj Savaliya Chairman & MD Patson Foods, Navsari Day – 4 : Startup & innovations
10 Session – 10
21/01/2021 10.00 – 11.30 Managing startups Ms. Tonisha Dixit
Consultant – PMFME IIFPT, Thanjavur
11. Session – 11
21/01/2021 14.00 -15.30 Startup & innovation in fruits & vegetables processing sector
Dr. R. F. Sutar
Principal & Dean, College of FPT-BE AAU, Anand
12. Session – 12
21/01/2021 15.30-17.00 Startup in dairy by value addition Mr. Suman Kumar Category Manager Adishwar India Ltd., Bangalore Day – 5 : Entrepreneurial schemes
13 Session – 13
22/01/2021 10.00 – 11.30 Schemes for promoting entrepreneurship in food processing sector
Dr. Ashutosh Upadhyay Dean, Academics NIFTEM, Sonipat 14. Session – 14
22/01/2021 14.00 -15.30 Schemes and initiatives for promoting entrepreneurship in dairy processing sector
Dr. M. D. Gurjar Asst. Prof., SMC college
AAU, Anand 15. Session – 15
22/01/2021 15.30-16.00 Plenary session -
